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Women healers and physicians : climbing a long hill /
Women have traditionally been expected to tend the sick as part of their domestic duties; yet throughout history they have faced an uphill struggle to be accepted as healers outside the household. In this provocative anthology, twelve essays by historians and literary scholars explore the work of wo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington, Ky. :
University Press of Kentucky,
[1997]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Women have traditionally been expected to tend the sick as part of their domestic duties; yet throughout history they have faced an uphill struggle to be accepted as healers outside the household. In this provocative anthology, twelve essays by historians and literary scholars explore the work of women as healers and physicians. The essays range across centuries, nations, and cultures to focus on the ideological and practical obstacles women have faced in the world of medicine. Each examines the situation of women healers in a particular time and place through cases that are emblematic of large. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (286 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813158549 0813158540 |